title: Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, a facultative hydrogen oxidizer.
abstract: The type strain (ATCC 23270) and two other strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were able to grow by hydrogen oxidation, a feature not recognized before. When cultivated on H2, a hydrogenase was induced and the strains were less extremely acidophilic than during growth on sulfidic ores. Cells of T. ferrooxidans grown on H2 and on ferrous iron showed 100% DNA homology. Hydrogen oxidation was not observed in eight other species of the genus Thiobacillus and in Leptospirillum ferrooxidans.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Drobner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Stetter
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013855:Thiobacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; C020748:ferrous sulfate; D006859:Hydrogen